Water-heating device



1. H. BACON..

WATER H-EATING DEVICE. v APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18,1916- I 1,399,918. 7 1 Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

v Z'SHEETS- SH EET 2 SHEETSSHEET 2- Patented, Dec. 13, 1921.

J. H. BACON. WATER HEATING DEVICE.

APPLICAIION FILED MAR.18, 1916.

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JOSEPH 1r. BACON, OF texnwoonenro, essrsrvon o THE, BnooNnnArnie Mime- FAoTnmNecoMPAn-Y, on CLEVELAND, OHIO, e oonronaa ron or onro.

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Specification of tare-swam Patented Dec. 13,1921.

Application filed ItIarch ia iemfseri i'no. 85,028.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrn H. -BAOON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lakewood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Water-Heating Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description;

This invention relates to apparatus for heating water, either for the. purpose of producing hot water or steam. vThe object of the invention is to provide eflicient apparatus for the purpose, inwhich either-gas or coal may be used, and in assembling the various elements of the device that the heat ing device may be easily an'dquickly converted to use gas burners or to use coal grates. Y

Generally speaking, the invention comprises the elements and combinations thereof set forth in the accompanying claims.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is aperspective showing the heating apparatus, Fig. 2 is a perspective of the lower part of the heating apparatus; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the hea-t'ing apparatus; Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the lower portion of the heating apparatus;

The water containing portion of the heat-. ing apparatus comprises a series of units 1, which extends between end-units 2; the intermediate units 1 are all alike, and the end units are substantiallylike the units 1 ex cept that obviously one side will be formed to provide an end portion of the device. The units 1 are formed as hollow members which have transverse flue openings 3 at the upper ends of the sections, and below theflue openings there are projecting members 4 which are hollow and communicate with the interior of the memberl. These hollow portionst of adjacent sections will abut against each other, thus spacing the sections apart and which providesa ready path through which the products of combustion may pass to the flue openings. When the sections are assembled the flue openings 3 are in alinement and thus form passages across the upper part of the water containing portion. I

The exit from the flue passages 3 formed in an end member of the sections 1 may be cording to which is most convenient.

.for 'longituc linally provided for in either endi member 2: ac-

V .11 the drawingsit is indicated at 5.

It will thus be seen that the productso f combustion rise between the various sections 1 of thewater heating device, and pass horizontally along at the upper portion of the sections 1 and to the flue. Inasmuch as: the

members 1 contain water above, below and 1n the port ons between ,the "open ngs it will'be seen that the flue "gases-are subject to a long contact with the sections of the heater, and thus the maximum amount :of

heat possible is abstracted from the-flue gases before they. pass from the heatingdr:-

vice. The particular manner'in.which;water isfed to thesections of the heatingj'device and by which' it may be taken from; the heating device are matters of no -impor tance, so far as this invention is concerned, andw ll not been detail described. Sufiice it to say that the'openings6 and? may be utilized for the purposes j ust described.

The various sections land 2. are heldto- I gether by any suitable means, such as ,tie rods one of which is. indicated at 8 in Fig. '1.

At what may be termed therear of the heater sections there are spaces between the sections 1 andthese spaces areclosed by doors '9 which when opened affordaready access to thespaces between the sectionsof the heatlng ClGVlCG.fQRlDUIPOSQS of clean ng or inspection.

The sections :1 and the endlsections 2 rest upon a substantially rectangular portion 10 which forms the base ofthe heatingdevice, and. l1kew1se forms a spacein whlch gas burners-may be contained, gratesmaybe contained, and below the grates the ash pitl I Preferably the member .10 will be cast,

although not ieeessarilyformed inthis way. ;Upon the'end walls of the member- 10 are brackets 11-. These. bracketsform supports extending rods .12. 1 There are two such. rods usually provided which are spaced apart, and these rods form the supports for gas-.burne rs ,13.; These burners may be of any desired shape. Preferably they are of the form shown in Fig. 4, and are so placed as to extend substantially across and beneath the sections 1 of the water heater. From beneath each burner there is a pipe 14 Which'by means of an elbow connects with a pipe 15. This last mentioned pipe extends through the front wall of the member 10 and there receives a mixer 16. Each of the gas burners is provided with pipes and mixers in the manner just described.

In front of the member 10 there extends a gas header 17 which is suitably supported and from this gas header there extend valved pipes 18 which extend to the mixers 16.

There are openings 20 formed in the front Wall of the member 10. These openings 20 are closed by means of doors 22. These doors may be hinged in any desired manner upon the member 10 and when swung will expose the openings 20 through which the burners 13 may be removed. The openings 21 in the rear wall of the base are of the same character as the openings 20 and are closed by similar doors.

In accomplishing the removal of the burners the header 17 would preferably be disconnected or turned so that the pipes 18 and the valves carried thereby could be moved out of the way. The member 16 could then be removed and the pipes 15 readily turned so as to unscrew them from the pipes 14. With this done the burners 13 could be removed through the openings 20 or 21 and subsequently the rods 12 could be removed through'the same openings.

Below the burners 13 there are a series of transversely extending grate bars 24. These grate bars are mounted in any suitablefashion or well known manner with respect to the member 10 and upon the outside of the member 10 there may extend bars having heads with angular sides by which a suitable wrench or shaker may be applied in order to shake the grates or dump, the grate; the portion beneath the bars 24 serves as an ash pit and the ashes ma be removed through such a door as that indicated at 25 in Fig. 1. Coal may be supplied to the furnace through the opening covered by the door 26.

The interior wall surface of the member 10, particularly that part of the surface above the grate bars, is lined with some suitable heat resisting material 10 which acts to conserve the heat and prevent the dissipation through the walls of member 10. This is a feature of some importance as with this water heater I use no'water legs extending downwardly around the fire box, as is usual, but by use of the lining above mentioned, the heat is conserved and delivered to the water sections,

It will be seen that the ash door 25 carries the usual damper 25 It will be seen from the foregoing description that I have provided a" device which is convertible either for use with gas Or solid fuel as heating means, and further that the conversion fromv one form to the other is accomplished in a simple and direct manner.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a water heating device, a base portion adapted to'support water sections, two longitudinally extending supports spaced apart, burners supported on the said supports, the base portion being provided with openings adjacent the burners through which the burners may be removed or inserted, and through which the supports may be removed or inserted, grate bars extending transversely of the base section and sup;

ported by the base section and occupying that part of the base portion which is below that normally occupied bythe gas burners.

2. In a water heating device, a base portion adapted to support a water containing portion, a series of grate bars supported by the base portion adjacent the lower part thereof, an opening through which coal may be supplied to the grates, a door for closing the opening, a plurality of gas burners within the said base and extending transversely thereof, means for supporting said gas burners said base portion havingopen ings in a wall thereof through which the said gas burners may be inserted and re- -moved.

3. In a water heating device, a base portion adapted to support a water containing portion, grate bars within the base portion adjacent the lower part thereof, an opening in the base portion through which fuel may be suppplied to the grate bars, a door for closing said opening, longitudinally extending supports-Within the base portion, one or more, burners removably supported by said supports and extending transversely of the base portion, said base portion having openings in a wall thereof through which the burners may be removed or inserted, and through which the supports may be removed or inserted, the said supports and.

burners occupying a portion of the base above the grate bars and below the top of the base portion. 1 r

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

JOSEPH H. BACON; 

